Oculus VR suspends Rift sales in China due to scalpers

Despite hardware refinements and certain impressions, a Oculus Rift practical existence headset is not nonetheless dictated for consumers. That hasn’t stopped VR enthusiasts from wanting to waylay adult a device ASAP though, and where there is demand, there will be people seeking (not always legitimate) supply. Such is unfortunately a box with China, where Oculus has dangling sales of a Dev Kit 2 chronicle of a Rift due to what a association deputy called “extreme reseller purchases.”

“We need to make certain that we are doing what we can to make certain that resellers that are looking to flip a product for a distinction are not holding batch divided from legitimate developer purchases globally,” a Oculus repute wrote. “Our product, in a stream form, is a developer kit, meant for developers that rise VR content. We are looking into choice ways to make certain that a growth kits are removing into legitimate developer hands in China.”

When asked only how bad a reselling conditions was, a repute responded, “We were forced to postpone an whole nation from purchasing. I’ll let we put dual and dual together.” So … not good?